Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education,
Culture, Multilingualism, Sport, Media and Youth, Gintaras Karosas and Maestro
Plácido Domingo, President of Europa Nostra

The European Heritage Awards Ceremony held on 1 June at the
Jerónimos Monastry

Photos: Pedro Melim / Europa Nostra

Liubavas Watermill Museum receives
cultural heritage awards

The best-preserved
objects of the European cultural heritage were conferred awards at the solemn
ceremony held by the European Union and Europa Nostra in Lisbon (Portugal).
Sculptor Gintaras Karosas, the author of the project for the restoration of the
Liubavas Manor watermill and its adaptation for a museum, received an honourable
award. The whole list of the prize winners in the category of conservation
includes 16 objects of European cultural heritage.

Gintaras Karosas
delivered a report presenting the implemented project. The awards were presented
by Androulla Vassiliou, the Commissioner for Education, Culture,
Multilingualism, Sport, Media and Youth, and Plácido Domingo, President of
Europa Nostra.

The solemn
ceremony held at the courtyard of the Jerónimos Monastery (protected by UNESCO)
was attended and addressed by Aníbal Cavaco Silva, President of Portugal, and
members of the Portuguese royal family.

During the
European Heritage Congress, various events, meetings, and heritage tours were
arranged. During the reception that took place in the Palace of Belém, official
residence of the Portuguese President, G. Karosas, the President of Europos
Parkas, presented his book Liubavas to Portuguese President A. C. Silva and
invited him to visit Lithuania.